Given a List of strings, return a Map where keys are the first letters (uppercase) and values are Lists of strings starting with that letter. Sort the strings within each list alphabetically.

Examples:

Input: words = ['apple', 'banana', 'apricot', 'blueberry', 'cherry'] Output: {'A' => ['apple', 'apricot'], 'B' => ['banana', 'blueberry'], 'C' => ['cherry']} Explanation: Strings grouped by uppercase first letter and sorted Input: words = ['Hello', 'world', 'Hi', 'Welcome'] Output: {'H' => ['Hello', 'Hi'], 'W' => ['Welcome', 'world']} Explanation: First letters are uppercase keys, case-insensitive grouping Input: words = [] Output: {} Explanation: Empty input returns empty map
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